5k HMely wMebbasmi
0icia Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
.Vol. 39, No. 61.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Friday, December 15, 1939
Committee devises
mass rally proposal!
Student Council will rote on measure after
holiday recess; Dean Thompson favors plan
Outgrowth of student and faculty dissatisfaction with the pres
ent systeLi of pre-election rallying Is a proposal by the political rally
committee of the Student Council that a mass rally for all the polit
ical organizations be held In the coliseum the night preceding the
spring election.
The new rally plan will be up for adoption at the next meeting
of the Council scheduled for the first Wednesday after Christmas va
cation. According to Lowell Michael, chairman of the committee, the
proposal calls for an all-university mass meeting in the coliseum the
night preceding the election, some
organized group, either the Tas
els. Corncobs, Mortar Boards,
the Council as a body, or the In
nocents, will act as sponsor of the
event. Police will be present to
maintain order and to prevent any
outbreak of violence.
Each faction to present platform.
A representative from each fac
tion will be allowed to speak for
the benefit of his party, outlining
the platform of the faction, and
then introducing the candidates
nominated for the various posts.
As yet it has not been decided
whether the candidates will be re
quired to address the mass gath
ering. It is felt by members of
the political rally committee that
such a stipulation would inspire
the factions to nominate students
of greater ability, as the nomi
nees will face the electors and
state precisely Just what he or
she plans to do.
Included in the mass student
(See MASS RALLY page 2)
Unoota Journal and Star.
DEAN T. J. THOMPSON.
... forecasts higher quality
candidates.
Students agree
First gripe session goes
over big; more to be held
Required class attendance, lack
of a free day between the end
of classes for the semester, the
beginning of final exams and com
pulsory ROTC, were the chief
"gripes" presented at the first
gripe session held In the Union
yesterday.
Besides these three gripes which
aroused most discussion were
others, some small and petty, and
sor" too hie ever for coTi,"Trtn1a-
say sponsors
non-pointing of University Play
ers for their efforts, and the fail
ure of professors in syncopating
their lectures, quiz, and test ma
terials, all came in for condem
nation from the group. Suggested
as practicable for adoption by the
university, but not favored by the
entire session was the quarter
plan to replace a semester basis.
Student who attended the ses
sion felt that it was a success in
bringing out Btudent feeling and
gaining student opinion. Enough
general interest was Bbown in the
meeting to convince sponsors that
more will be held in the future.
A copy of all the gripes was
kept and wul be presented to tne
Student Council and to the Chan
cellor for consideration.
NEWS ROUNDUP
State WPA
grants may
receive cut
National administrator
declares 'white spot'
shows no appreciation
By Davis, Loos, Mahnken.
STOP! YOU'RE BREAKING
MY HEART.
Colonel F. C. Harrington, na
tional WPA administrator, in his
talk before the Nebraska Associa
tion of County Commissioners,
etc, mentioned that Nebraska U
spending a much lower percentage
of its tax collections for relief
than many (how many?) states
At the same time this state adver
tises itself to be the "white sopt"
of the nation having no income or
sales taxes, and despite the fact
no county in Nebraska has de
faulted in its obligations. Colonel
Harrington seems to feel that Ne
braska doesn't appreciate what
WPA has done, and is doing, for
this state, and suggests strongly
that WPA is going to reduce its
grants.
This column believes that Ne
braska's financial solvency is
due in part to its charity relief
grants, and that our state should
continue to pursue its present
relief policy as long as no inci
dents such as that in Cleveland
transpire.
Nebraska's Unemployment Com
pensation division is faced with
the problem of lowering its rates
to reduce an accumulated surplus.
If WPA grants are reduced, or
eliminated, this surplus might be
diverted to a system of planned
public works in which the state
need not consider the wishes of
the colonel.
Nebraska is thankful for all
(See NEWS ROUNDUP, page 6.)
Union invites
students to
party Dec. 17
Officials plan open
house, carols in best
Christmas tradition
Caroling and good cheer in the
holiday spirit will mark the Umon
open house and Christmas party
next Tuesday night from 7:30 to
9:30.
The party, the Union's Christ
mas gift to the students, will be
the biggest single event staged in
the Union this year except for the
Mortar Boards stage
'reversal' tomorrow
Organization president will be host to coeds,
corsaged dates in coliseum as Trumbauer plays
Mortar Boards play host to the university campus tomorrow
night when Franke Trumbauer and his orchestra hit the down
beat at 9 in the coliseum for the annual leap year party where
females and their corsaged dates turn things around, the fem
ininity footing the bill.
As president of the women's honorary, Elizabeth "Waugh,
will be the official hostess of the event. Miss Waugh was re
cently elected Honorary Colonel.
A star saxaphonist, Trumbauer has won acclaim of all the
eading colleges and universities of the west with his style of
music, uouegians nave votea mm
their favorite band at Missouri
university and the University of
Illinois. Trumbauer before organ
izing his own band led Gene Gold
kette's orchestra and also was a
member of Paul Whiteman's
"Kings of Jazz."
Official chaperons at the "wom
en foot the bill" affair are Prof,
and Mrs. Karl Arndt and Mr. and
Mrs. W. K. Millitzer. In charge of
the chaperons and invitations are
Mary Steuteville and Miva Keime.
Faith Medlar is chairman of the
committee of ticket sales, Selma
Hill is in charge of coliseum ar
rangements. Janet Lau is making
plans for the pre-party dinner and
Helen Kovanda and Fern Steute
ville are handling the publicity.
Fairer sex must do buying
Tickets to the vice -versa affair
which the fairer sex perform
the traditionally masculine formal-
(See LEAP TEAR page 2)
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JuurnaJ urn tutt.
HAROLD NIEMANN.
... proud of his gripers.
tlon, all presented to the assembled
students. The practice of not giv
ing back final exams, of not al
lowing freshmen in such activities
as Pershing Rifles or to participate
in trips and contests, thus making
the whole squad ineligible; the
Doctor reports Weseen
condition still serious
Prof. M. H. Weseen, of the busi
ness English department, is "hold
ing his own today with little
change since yesterday," according
to his physician Dr. Eidney Reese.
He has been in a very serious con
dition since his operation at Bryan
Memorial hospital earlier this
week.
Mag avoids
'nude' deal
Awgwan appears today;
humor decently covered
Resplendent In all its Christmas
wrappings, the December Awgwan
comes out today. The covers, which
were lost, arrived yesterday after
noon.
"The Season's Open," written by
an anonymous person known as
"Chance,' will tell about the for
mal season in general, the Mortar
Board party in particular. Pointers
will be given the girls on the
"hows" of date-getting, corsage-
buying, and check-paying.
Problems of "The Spirit of Giv
ing," or "What the Hell Should I
Oive Harold This Year", will be
settled in an article by Margaret
Krause. The "Awgwan a own ui
vorce Case" will tell how various
publications, such as the DAILY
NEBRASKAN, Walter Winchell, a
uVlriirt th Murrh of Time, ana
the W. C T. U report a divorce
I case.
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Journal wt BUr.
KENNETH VAN SANT.
. . . gives pre-holiday party.
opening night celebration In Sep
tember, predicted Pat Lahr, social
director.
Students must present Identl
ficatlon cards at the outer door
Tickets, to be exchanged for free
refreshments later in the evening,
(St UNION, page 2.)
Lincoln JuunisU &nd &uvr.
ELIZABETH WAUGH.
, . plays host to party-floers.
Students .
Here and over the nation see
third term for Roosevelt
NATIONWIDE
By Student Opinion Surveys.
Although a good majority of
American college students con
tinue their approval of Franklin D.
Roosevelt as president, campus
opinion hzj not kept pace with the
increasing support that the U. S.
voter has been giving the chief
executive since the European war
broke out
A coast-to-coast referendum of
collegians taken by the Student
Opinion Surveys of America shows
that more than three out of every
five "generally approve of Roose
velt today as president." This is
only nine-tenths of one percent
less than the vote of spproval
students gave F. D. R. a year ago
this month, according to the con
tinuous index of his popularity
that the Surveys has kept These
scientific polls of college thought
are conducted through the co-op
eration of nearly 150 member un-
dergradute newspapers, among
them the DAILY.
Significant are the comparisons
that now, after more than a year
of measuring student opinion, the
Surveys can make with other na
tional polls. It is clearly shown
that the moving worli and na
tional events of recent months
have not influenced student opin
Ion as much as national public
opinion, which since the start of
the war has far outstripped the
collegians in approval of the presi
dent Here is the record:
APPROVE
of F. D. R. Dec '38 Now
Poll of U. S. Voters 55.5 64.9
Poll of U. S.
Students 62.8 61.9
Thus, while last December there
was a greater percentage of stu
dents In favor of Roosevelt than
there was of voters, events since
then have caused the rank and file
to change its attitudes, while rtu
dent approval is In almost a
straight line, and even slightly less
than a year ago.
Students in New England, the
Middle Atlantic snd East Central
(See ROOSEVELT page 2)
NEBRASKA
Roosevelt eased out a slight
plurality of votes on the Nebras
ka campus yesterday as 42.5 per
cent of the students interviewed
named him as their favorite can
didate ir the presidential chair
next year. At his heels with a
support of 40 percent of the stu
dent body was Republican Thomas
E. Dewey.
Approximately one percent of
the enrolled student body repre-
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Journal b4 Btr.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.
. . choice of nation's youth.
sentative of all colleges and va
ried Interest were queried in the
sixth DAILY Foil of Student
Opinion on the question, "Who
would you like to ee elected pres
ident of the United States In
1940!"
Though many voiced anti-third
term sentiments, and others felt
that it was time to change ao an
other "horse" Roosevelt captured
the same percentage plurality
over his Republican competitor, as
the whole democratic parly pcored
over the Republicans. C2.5 percent
acknowledged democratic sympathies.